May 29, 2018

Solid Waste Disposal Fee & Payment Changes Starting July 1, 2018

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Solid Waste Disposal Fee & Payment Changes Starting July 1, 2018

Ordinance 18-005 amends the Hawai‘i County Code Chapter 20 relating to Solid Waste fees effective July 1, 2018. The ordinance reduces the annual finance charge from 18% to 12%, amends when the finance charge will be imposed, and increases the tipping fee on July 1 of each year from 2018 to 2022.

Section 20-47(a). Collection of Fees. Shall be amended to read …A finance charge of one percent monthly (annual rate of twelve percent) shall be charged on all balances which are past due.

Section 20-49. Fee schedule. Shall be amended to

(a) Charge rates shall be established as follows:

(1) Landfill disposal.

(A) Rate by weight: Dollars per ton prorated accordingly.

Year beginning on July 1 of each calendar year.

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

$108

$110

$112

$114

$116

(B) When and if it is impossible or impractical due to power outage, disaster, or other emergency to determine an accurate weight, rates by vehicle size and volume shall be used:

TYPE I: Light trucks or other vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds with no more than three cubic yards of refuse charged as dollars per truck.

Year beginning on July 1 of each calendar year.

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

$65

$66

$67

$68

$70

TYPE II: Medium trucks or other vehicles with a gross vehicle weight from 10,000 pounds to 19,999 pounds with no more than six cubic yards of refuse charged as dollars per truck.

Year beginning on July 1 of each calendar year.

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

$109

$111

$113

$115

$117

TYPE III: Large trucks or other vehicles with a gross vehicle weight from 20,000 pounds to 25,999 pounds with no more than nine cubic yards of refuse charged as dollars per truck.

Year beginning on July 1 of each calendar year.

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

$194

$198

$202

$205

$209

TYPE IV: All other trucks or vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds including commercial refuse hauling trucks or all other vehicles not qualifying as a Type I, II, or III:

Kalapana Recycling & Transfer Station Closed Until Further Notice Due to Lower East Rift Zone Eruption

The Kalapana Recycling & Transfer Station is closed until further notice. The closure is due to the inability of the county’s commercial vehicles to safely access the site. The public can continue to use the Pāhoa Transfer Station, located in Pāhoa Village and open 7 days a week, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Solid Waste Division would like to thank the public for their patience and kōkua during this temporary inconvenience.

Daily closure expired June 15, 2018.

For additional information you may call 961-8270 or email *protected email*.

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